| A | B |
| Adept | Adj. Thoroughly skilled; Noun. an expert |
| Aspire | Verb. To have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly, to ascend |
| Bleak | Adj. Bare, dreary, dismal |
| Chide | Verb. To blame; scold |
| Despicable | Adj. Worthy of scorn, contemptible |
| Diminutive | Adj. Small, smaller than most others of the same type |
| Emancipate | Verb. To free from slavery; to release or liberate |
| Erroneous | Adj. Incorrect, containing mistakes |
| Exploit | Verb. To make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; Noun. a feat, deed |
| Extemporaneous | Adj. Made or delivered on the spur of the moment |
| Impair | Verb. to make imperfect, damage, harm |
| Invincible | Adj. Not able to be defeated, unbeatable |
| Languid | Adj. Drooping; without energy, sluggish |
| Mire | Noun. Mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation; Verb. To get stuck |
| Obtrusive | Adj. forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out |
| Preamble | Noun. An introduction to a speech or piece of writing |
| Render | Verb. To cause to become; to perform; to |
| Rugged | Adj. Rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; storming |
| Skeptical | Adj. inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true |
| Slipshod | Adj. Untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy |